In 1923, jockey Frank Hayes won a race at Belmont Park in New York despite being dead - he suffered a heart attack mid-race, but his body stayed in the saddle until his horse crossed the line for a 20-1 outsider victory.

Everyone has a unique tongue print, just like finger prints.

Female kangaroos have three private parts.

The Casu Marzu is a Sardinian cheese that contains live maggots. The maggots can jump up to five inches out of the cheese while you're eating it, so it's a good idea to shield it with your hand to stop them from jumping into your eyes.

The loneliest creature on Earth is a whale who has been calling out for a mate for over two decades - but whose high-pitches voice is so different to other whales that they never respond.

The northern leopard frog swallows its prey using its eyes - it uses them to help push food down its throat by retracting them into its head.

The first man to urinate on the moon was Buzz Aldrin, shortly after stepping onto the lunar surface.

Some fruit flies are genetically resistant to getting drunk - but only if they have an inactive version of a gene scientists have named "happyhour"

In 1567, the man said to have the longest beard in the world died after he tripped over his bear running away from a fire.

Vladimir Nabokov nearly invented the smiley.

The Dance Fever of 1518 was a month-long plague of inexplicable dancing in Stasbourg, in which hundreds of people danced for about a month for no apparent reason. Several of them danced themselves to death.

A family of people with blue skin lived in Kentucky for many generations. The Fulgates of Troublesome Creek are thought to have gained their blue skin through a combination of inbreeding and a rare genetic condition known as methemoglobinemia.

Check out some of the more recent Dimensional Clash installations in the Roleplay section! The community's most renown RP has made its way to SS!

Check out Legerman Academy, the newest RP addition to the forum about a school for supernatural teens!